disallow
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Some, including Robinhood and SoFi, say they will disallow or limit allocations for people who have participated in IPOs in the past and have “flipped” shares, selling them within 30 days of the offering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
They were only rescued by an agonizing video review that took over 4 minutes to disallow the goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Salisbury was sent to the pitchside monitor by the VAR, Matt Donohue, to disallow the goal.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
The VAR intervened to disallow it, and the Gunners claimed a crucial 1-0 win.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
The auctioneer gave her a sour look but did not disallow the bid.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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But his claim was rejected by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals under a 1994 precedent that disallows using such lawsuits to collaterally attack criminal convictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
He noted the "collateral estoppel" doctrine in the case that disallows Trump and Habba from attempting to "relitigate the first trial."
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
It neither mandates nor disallows any actions by companies or individuals.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
They say the signature “should only include” name, title, college address and phone number, which faculty see as a ruling that disallows pronouns.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
The feeling is one of the strongest and deepest things in us, even if our reason deprecates and disallows the claim.
From The Unity of Civilization by Various
In thr group stage, I think Germany's goal against Ecuador should have been disallowed for a high foot.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
They also claim Argentina's winner should have been disallowed, and a penalty awarded to them instead.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the second half, Mostafa Zico made it 2-0 to Egypt, moments after the Pharaohs had a goal disallowed by instant replay for a foul that occurred at the other end of the pitch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
They had a second goal disallowed before they got their second goal for an infringement that was almost on their own touchline.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
I was disallowed the use of the house’s library, for fear that liberty amongst the volumes there would allow me to study and so unfairly prejudice the results of the experiment.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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Haaland’s push on England’s Elliott Anderson led to video replay disallowing a go-ahead strike, which briefly appeared to have given Norway a second-half lead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Instead of disallowing conversations about “imminent real-world harm” and self-harm, it placed them in a category in which the model was instructed to simply “take extra care” with users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
There will be some gripes at the disallowing of Galton's goal, with her push on Hunt far from severe, but they had plenty of further chances to take the tie all the way.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023
What reason did the Court give for disallowing race to be among many explicit factors considered?
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2023
Another February 8 motion was aimed at disallowing the prosecution from using anything in the trial that Reggie had said to Rindlisbacher at the scene of the accident, and en route to the hospital.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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